Author: lmillersdi

I am confident many of you have heard the phrase “whole of government” before. Just in case you haven’t, in a nutshell, here is what it is: agencies and departments working across portfolios to execute on a shared purpose. For some time now, I have even called for a “whole of nation” approach, specifically relating[…]

Yesterday the Department of Justice announced that it had arrested three Ukrainian nationals — Dmytro Fedorov, Fedir Hladyr, and Andrii Kopakov. At first blush the announcement falls well short of generating the kind of attention that would stem from announcing the arrest of Al Capone or some other legendary crime figure. However, viewed in terms[…]

The first 300 words of the Declaration of Independence are without doubt my favorite words ever said on any July 4th. Those first words provided the bedrock, the justification, to do what is needed to be done, in order to give this great nation the foundation to flourish. And as I like to say, there[…]

Two recent interactions – one business meeting and one personal conversation – prompted me to write this piece. Both these experiences, coupled with experiences over the last few years, drove me to these conclusions: People don’t see cybersecurity as a problem they are responsible for; and People just don’t care about cybersecurity. While these conclusions[…]

If you are an engineer or software developer, there is a good chance that you have heard the phrase “security by design” before (sometimes also referred to as “secure by design”). If you are unfamiliar with the phrase, it pretty much means what you think it would mean: something has been designed, developed, and manufactured[…]

Unless you have been living under a rock, you may have noticed that a growing number of people are not too pleased with Facebook and Alphabet Inc., parent of Google and developers of the mobile operating system, Android. What started the recent frustrations are the revelations from an employee of Cambridge Analytica and how the[…]

Marching along well into 2018 and I think it’s safe to say we’re not experiencing a cybersecurity revolution. Sure, there has been some great advancement in tech, with AI and blockchain applications beginning to steam roll. It seems if you add “blockchain” to whatever you’re doing, you’ll get a bump in business. Really, this happened[…]

Perhaps you noticed from a recent Vanity Fair publication that Oprah Winfrey has three hands and Reese Witherspoon has some odd looking legs. Of course they really don’t. This was just “magic gone wrong” in the world of photo editing and likely invoked more than a few Homer Simpson “d’ohs!” and forehead smacks. Goofy mistakes[…]